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Classes

From Classroom to Kitchen: An Unconventional Approach to Finals

April 28, 2025

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Arts & Culture

Pop Culture Archive Features Memorabilia, Nostalgic Artifacts

March 24, 2025

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Film & TV

New Snow White Hit by Avalanche of Controversy

March 20, 2025

Photo: (L-R) James Bond Wax Figures - Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Daniel Craig, Sean Connery, George Lazinby and Peirce Brosnan at the unveiling of All Six James Bonds In Wax at Madame Tussauds Hollywood in Hollywood, CA

Arts & Culture

James Bond Always Saves the World. Will Jeff Bezos Save Bond?

March 4, 2025

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Arts & Culture

Korean Language, Literature, and Culture Is Booming at BU

February 20, 2025

Head of Odysseus. Marble, Greek, probably 1st century AD. From the villa of Tiberius at Sperlonga. Photo via Wikimedia Commons

Arts & Culture

POV: Why Is Homer’s Odyssey Suddenly Everywhere?

February 18, 2025

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Food & Dining

How COVID Reshaped the Traditional Office Lunch Break

January 10, 2025

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LGBTQ+ Nightlife

Dani’s Queer Bar Seeks to Renew Boston’s LGBTQ+ Nightlife Scene

December 2, 2024

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Things-to-do

The Wizarding World Comes to Boston with Harry Potter: The Exhibition

December 2, 2024

Photo: Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande as Elphaba and Glinda for Universal's Wicked.

Arts & Culture

How Did the Wicked Movie Release Become a Cultural Phenomenon? Brand Collabs, Nostalgia-Tapping, and More

November 20, 2024

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Forced Displacement

BU Center on Forced Displacement Magazine Highlights Plight of Millions Compelled to Flee Their Homes

November 12, 2024

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Politics

What Does Donald Trump’s Election Mean For…

November 6, 2024

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Inauguration 2024

Inauguration 2024 Research on Tap Celebrates BU’s Power to Bring Scholars Together to Better Our World

September 25, 2024

Photo: Students explore Jia Ho supermarket in Chinatown during a class “Food in Place(s): Identity, Location, and the Cultures of Taste”

Food

Exploring Boston’s Cultural and Culinary Diversity

August 28, 2024

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Music

Liberation through Rhythm: BU Ethnomusicologist Studies History and Present of African Beats

August 20, 2024

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Things-to-do

To Do Today: 14th Annual African Festival of Boston

August 14, 2024

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Books

Dive into LGBTQ+ Pride Month with These 12 Books

June 6, 2024

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Commencement 2024

BU’s Commencement Student Speaker Is Proud of Being a Changemaker

May 16, 2024

Photo: Marie Grochowski (CAS’26) gave a talk titled “What Fungi Can Teach Us About Global Immigration” at the annual TEDxBU conference. A woman stands in front of a large audience and the words "Tedx BU" are on the screen behind

Campus Life

This Year’s TEDxBU Talks: Childhood, Privilege—and Fungi

April 25, 2024

Marina Dawn Wells (GRS’20,’24) examining a scrimshaw carving of a trans pirate, "Alwilda," that a whaleman copied out of a book by Charles Ellms, The Pirates Own Book (1837). Photo by Drew Furtado, New Bedford Whaling Museum

University News

Anonymous $1M Gift Bolsters American & New England Studies Program

April 22, 2024

Anonymous $1M Gift Bolsters American & New England Studies Program